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NASA Mars Phoenix Mission Status Report 30 October 2008
"Phoenix communicated with NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter Thursday. The communication reinforced a diagnosis that the spacecraft is in a precautionary mode triggered by low energy. Mission engineers are assessing the lander's condition and steps necessary for returning to science operations."
MarsPhoenix Twitter: "Take care of that beautiful blue marble out there in space, our home planet. I’ll be keeping an eye from here. Space exploration FTW!"
Veronica McGregor Twitter, JPL PAO: "Ah, just when you think it's all over, the 'sick child' phones home. Nice to know @marsphoenix is still trying, exceeding expectations."
JPL has now updated its Oct. 30 Status Report with the successful communications attempt, simply replacing the file under the same URL. Fortunately SpaceRef saved the old one, so the mission history is preserved ...